March 07, 2011

Voice Actor - Bob Bergen

Robert "Bob" Bergen (born March 8, 1964) is an American voice actor. He is the current voice of Porky Pig (having performed the character in Tiny Toon Adventures, Space Jam, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and the Duck Dodgers TV show), and formerly hosted Jep!, a kids' version of the popular game show Jeopardy!

Bergen was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also responsible for the voice of Lupin the Third for the Streamline Pictures dubs in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Bob Bergen has played Lupin the Third in: Mystery of Mamo (directed by Soji Yoshikawa), The Castle of Cagliostro (directed by Hayao Miyazaki) and Lupin the Third's Greatest Capers (2 TV episodes from Series Two directed by Hayao Miyazaki). He also played the part of No-Face in the 2001 academy award winning movie Spirited Away and Kai and Masaru in the anime classic Akira. He is also one of the announcers on Disney Channel and voices Bucky the squirrel in The Emperor's New School.

He is also responsible for the voice of Luke Skywalker in over a dozen Star Wars video games as well as Robot Chicken's Star Wars Episode I and Star Wars Episode II Special's. He also provided the voice of Wembley and the World's Oldest Fraggle from Fraggle Rock (animated). Bergen was selected to play the animated versions of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Link Hogthrob in the ill-fated Little Muppet Monsters and also voiced characters of the day in the 1987-1989 seasons of Jim Henson's Muppet Babies.

See his HUGE credit list here.

March 06, 2011

Rango - Basic Process

Storyboard


Layout


Animation


Final Color, Texturing, Surfacing, Lighting, Effects & Render

Old London

I love old photographs, I wish the technology had been discovered a hundred years earlier, it would have produced some awesome imagery, it's like a time machine to another place and era.

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

Amazing Pictures of Old London (26 pics)

March 05, 2011

The Art of Patswerk and Little Friends of Printmaking











See more here: http://www.patswerk.nl/
and here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/littlefriends/sets/72157594505930854/

The Art of Jon Contino

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Hand-drawing typographer Jon Contino has stayed at the top of his form lately updating frequently with new and better examples of his uniquely individual touch.

Midnight Juggernauts - Lara vs. The Savage Pack



Shot frame by frame, then re-shot using over 2000 printed pieces of paper.

Directors: Lucinda Schreiber & Beatrice Pegard


Editor - Jaan Ranniko

Producers - Jaan Ranniko, Sonia Tsai
Compositor - Simon von Wolkenstein
DOP - Tania Lambert
Art Directors - Virginia Mesiti, Kate Dougherty
Stylist - Angelika Nilsson
Masks: Stephanie Anderson & Dave Ladd

Sea Website

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Classic design powerhouse Sea has updated their homepage with a new content and packed it with some fresh projects. It’s also easier to view the work on their new site as it has now been cross referenced by ’sector’. There is load of inspiration waiting to be discovered as Sea remains one of the finer design agencies in business today.

Gettysburg Address

Lincoln's speech revisited.

Read by Mitch Rapoport.
Design and animation by Adam Gault and Stefanie Augustine.
Sound design by Chris Villepigue | songloft.com
Additional animation by Carlo Vega.